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YC Student-Inmates Say Thanks  Three miles from the brick streets and historic buildings of the campus on the hill, there live a group York College students who attend classes in a chapel behind 20-foot fences topped with razor wire. These women are working to change the trajectory of their lives, and their attitudes about their studies reflect the value of the education they are engaged in. They are inmates at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women (NCCW) and members of the first cohort of the Second Chance Education Program at York College. In August 2019, these 11 women will earn what for some of them was previously unimaginable--a college degree.
 York College has announced the finalists for its most prestigious academic financial award, the Presidential Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to one incoming freshman each year and recognizes academic achievement as well as high moral character.
Finalists for this award are Valerie Booher (Omaha), Hayden Brown (Lincoln), Carys Pitman (Bartlett, Tennessee), and Jaylynn Mast (Monroe, Washington). To be considered for this award, students must meet high academic standards as well as submit written essays and other application materials. Top candidates visited campus on Monday, February 26 for interviews to determine the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship. All finalists not chosen for the top award will receive the Dean’s Scholarship. The Presidential Scholarship recipient will be announced in the coming weeks. “The President’s and Dean’s Scholars are important to our campus and provide leadership that helps us maintain a culture and a social setting that are important to the growth and advancement of our school,” said President Steve Eckman.  Soprano Gabrielle Siebenaler performed classical favorites and musical theatre numbers during her Senior Vocal Recital, Sunday, March 4th at 7:30 pm in the York College Prayer Chapel.
Siebenaler performed in four languages and in many different styles, with piano accompaniment by Kay Magner. The classical composers ranged from Schubert to Handel, with sets in Italian, German, and French. She also performed musical theatre pieces from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Heathers, and Candide. |
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